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Since I'm not at home and without my digital camera, I took a picture off of my website, blew it up 200% and put some arrows to try to explain what happened.
As you can tell by the picture, when the cable is adjusted correctly, it's tight and as a lot of tension.
When I popped the hood, I found the complete opposite. There was a huge amount of slack in the cable -- so much that some of it was resting on the throttle body! When I limped into the rest area, I had the Bentley out along with a wrench, trying to adjust what I could. A passer-by (who was a mechanic) stopped and helped me. Although he's never worked on Volvos, he could tell me flat out that the cable snapped, particularly after he asked me to step on the accelerator while he was looking at the cable.
He told me that it would be best to leave the cable disconnected and drive my car as if it was a stick. Thankfully, it worked, and I drove 60 miles going 65mph/3500rpm in 4th gear/OD. Come Monday morning, I'm bringing it to my old mechanic to see if he can replace it.
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Regards,
Eric Staufer,
1989 244DL 129k,
My 240 Page (opens a new window)
(recently updated - new URL!)
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